biography
| name: |
Baillie (of Jerviswood), Robert
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pronunciation:
[baylee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1634–84)
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| biography:
| Presbyterian conspirator, a native of Lanarkshire, C Scotland, UK, who joined Monmouth's supporters in London. On the discovery of the alleged Rye House Plot (1683) to murder Charles II of England and James, Duke of York, he was arrested and sent to Scotland. He was tried at Edinburgh, condemned to death on flimsy evidence, and hanged. |
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